proxynode.h

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/*
 *  proxynode.h
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#ifndef PROXYNODE_H
#define PROXYNODE_H

#include "node.h"

namespace nest
{
  class SpikeEvent;
  class CurrentEvent;

/* BeginDocumentation
Name: proxynode - Proxy to provide Nodes on remote machines
Description:
Remarks:
Parameters: 
References:
Author: June 2005, Jochen Martin Eppler
*/

  class proxynode: public Node
  {    
    
  public:        
    proxynode() : Node() { set_frozen_(true); }
    
    proxynode(index, index, index, index);

    using Node::handle;
    
    port send_test_event(Node&, rport, synindex, bool);
    void handle(SpikeEvent &) {}
    
    void get_status(DictionaryDatum &) const {}
    
     void set_status(const DictionaryDatum &) { assert(false); }

    bool is_proxy() const;
    
  private:
    void init_state_(const Node&) {}
    void init_buffers_() {}
    void calibrate() {}
    void update(Time const &, const long_t, const long_t) {}

  };

  inline
  bool proxynode::is_proxy() const
  {
    return true;
  }

} // namespace

#endif //PROXYNODE_H